Jillian Thompson, who received a bachelor’s degree in sculpture, and her son, Theodore Butterfield, pose to have their photograph taken after the morning commencement ceremony. Traditionally, graduates get their photograph taken with the bronze saluki before leaving campus as a sign of good luck.
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